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<sup id="cite_ref-HKPL2016_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HKPL2016-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Collection</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">11.36 million books and 1.74 million multimedia materials<sup id="cite_ref-LCSD2013_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCSD2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Access and use</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Circulation</th><td class="infobox-data">60.0 million <sup id="cite_ref-LCSD2013_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCSD2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Xiānggǎng Gōnggòng Túshūguǎn</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">hoeng1 gong2 gung1 gung6 tou4 syu1 gun2</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tuen_Mun_Public_Library_201207.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Tuen_Mun_Public_Library_201207.jpg/220px-Tuen_Mun_Public_Library_201207.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Tuen_Mun_Public_Library_201207.jpg/330px-Tuen_Mun_Public_Library_201207.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Tuen_Mun_Public_Library_201207.jpg/440px-Tuen_Mun_Public_Library_201207.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2213" data-file-height="1660" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tuen_Mun" title="Tuen Mun">Tuen Mun</a> Public Library</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Hong Kong Public Libraries</b> (<b>HKPL</b>; <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">香港公共圖書館</span>) is a system of 70 static and 12 mobile <a href="/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library">public libraries</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HKPL2016_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HKPL2016-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Offering a total collection of 14.35 million items, the system is managed by the <a href="/wiki/Leisure_and_Cultural_Services_Department" title="Leisure and Cultural Services Department">Leisure and Cultural Services Department</a>. The network of libraries are interconnected by a computerised <a href="/wiki/Library_management_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Library management system">library management system</a>, one of the largest bilingual systems in the world, offering both <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a> and <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> capabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELau2002198_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELau2002198-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The library head office is located on the eleventh floor of the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Central_Library" title="Hong Kong Central Library">Hong Kong Central Library</a> in <a href="/wiki/Causeway_Bay" title="Causeway Bay">Causeway Bay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hong_Kong_Public_Libraries&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first public library of Hong Kong, the City Hall Library, was established in 1869 in the former Hong Kong City Hall.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The library ceased to operate after the demolition of the old city hall in 1933. </p><p>The first modern library opened in 1962 at the new <a href="/wiki/City_Hall,_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="City Hall, Hong Kong">City Hall</a>, which was also the central library for many years before the opening of the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Central_Library" title="Hong Kong Central Library">Central Library</a>. Over ten thousand library cards were issued in the first month of service, and borrowers were limited to only one book at a time.<sup id="cite_ref-nl2007_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nl2007-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second location and the first in Kowloon was the Waterloo Road Library, opened 1965 (later replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Public_Library" title="Kowloon Public Library">Kowloon Public Library</a> in 1984). The Pok Fu Lam Public Library opened next in December 1970 in the newly constructed <a href="/wiki/Wah_Fu_Estate" title="Wah Fu Estate">Wah Fu Estate</a>, and has served that community continuously for over 40 years.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first public library in the <a href="/wiki/New_Territories" title="New Territories">New Territories</a> opened in <a href="/wiki/Public_housing_estates_in_Tsuen_Wan#Fuk_Loi_Estate" title="Public housing estates in Tsuen Wan">Fuk Loi Estate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsuen_Wan_New_Town" title="Tsuen Wan New Town">Tsuen Wan New Town</a>, in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-nl2007_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nl2007-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1976 the first mobile library was introduced.<sup id="cite_ref-nl2007_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nl2007-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tsuen Wan Central Library, at the time of its opening in July 1993, was the largest library in Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELau2002199_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELau2002199-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The public libraries were originally administered by either the <a href="/wiki/Urban_Council_(Hong_Kong)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban Council (Hong Kong)">Urban Council</a> or <a href="/wiki/Regional_Council_(Hong_Kong)" title="Regional Council (Hong Kong)">Regional Council</a>, depending on the location. When the municipal councils were abolished in 1999, the library systems were merged under the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Leisure_and_Cultural_Services_Department" title="Leisure and Cultural Services Department">Leisure and Cultural Services Department</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Central_Library" title="Hong Kong Central Library">Hong Kong Central Library</a> was completed in 2001 and is the largest public library in the territory. This twelve-story building is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies and serves as the administrative headquarters and main library of the public library network. It is also the major information centre for Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Security_issue">Security issue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hong_Kong_Public_Libraries&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Security issue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tiu_Keng_Leng_Public_Library_No_photography_notice1_201507.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Tiu_Keng_Leng_Public_Library_No_photography_notice1_201507.jpg/170px-Tiu_Keng_Leng_Public_Library_No_photography_notice1_201507.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Tiu_Keng_Leng_Public_Library_No_photography_notice1_201507.jpg/255px-Tiu_Keng_Leng_Public_Library_No_photography_notice1_201507.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Tiu_Keng_Leng_Public_Library_No_photography_notice1_201507.jpg/340px-Tiu_Keng_Leng_Public_Library_No_photography_notice1_201507.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Since the popularity of the <a href="/wiki/Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphone</a>, the Hong Kong Public Libraries have posted up many "No Phototaking" signs.</figcaption></figure> <p>All libraries in Hong Kong are subject to "Library Regulations" Regulators, the only part of the regulation is out of date. Such as listening area and viewing area, no person shall ─ more than one record or listen to a song, or repeat playing of any record or song; or watch more than one movie or watch a movie more than once.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (January 2024)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The library also prohibits photo taking and video recording, especially after smartphones gained popularity since around 2012. Many "No photo-taking" signs are set up in several locations, including the entrance, children's library, staircase, and study rooms. The library also has security to maintain order, including the enforcement of the "No photo-taking" rule. The library does not allow general citizens to apply for photography; only commercial filming is allowed, and standard fees apply.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hong_Kong_Public_Libraries&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Book_censorship">Book censorship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hong_Kong_Public_Libraries&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Book censorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2020, after the passage of the <a href="/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law" title="2020 Hong Kong national security law">Hong Kong national security law</a>, under the direction of the authorities, the library authority removed select pro-democracy books and marked them "under review". At least nine books were removed, including books by <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Wong" title="Joshua Wong">Joshua Wong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tanya_Chan" title="Tanya Chan">Tanya Chan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chin_Wan" title="Chin Wan">Horace Chin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, it was discovered that libraries had removed 29 titles about the <a href="/wiki/Tiananmen_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiananmen Massacre">Tiananmen Massacre</a>, with a total of 263 copies removed.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2023, books by cartoonist Zunzi were removed from public libraries, with the LCSD saying, "Hong Kong Public Libraries will periodically review and remove books that do not comply with the development of the collection. Books that are suspected to potentially violate <a href="/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law" title="2020 Hong Kong national security law">national security law</a> or Hong Kong laws will be immediately removed for review."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Free_Press" title="Hong Kong Free Press">Hong Kong Free Press</a></i> reported on multiple titles that were removed since 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2023, the LCSD said that the public is "welcome" to report books that may violate the national security law.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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<li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ngau_Tau_Kok_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ngau Tau Kok Public Library (page does not exist)">Ngau Tau Kok Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Po_On_Road_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Po On Road Public Library (page does not exist)">Po On Road Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Po_Kong_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="San Po Kong Public Library (page does not exist)">San Po Kong Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shui_Wo_Street_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shui Wo Street Public Library (page does not exist)">Shui Wo Street Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=To_Kwa_Wan_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="To Kwa Wan Public Library (page does not exist)">To Kwa Wan Public Library</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Tai_Po_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tai Po Public Library (page does not exist)">Tai Po Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tiu_Keng_Leng_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tiu Keng Leng Public Library (page does not exist)">Tiu Keng Leng Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tseung_Kwan_O_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tseung Kwan O Public Library (page does not exist)">Tseung Kwan O Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsing_Yi_Public_Library" title="Tsing Yi Public Library">Tsing Yi Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tung_Chung_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tung Chung Public Library (page does not exist)">Tung Chung Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuen_Chau_Kok_Public_Library" title="Yuen Chau Kok Public Library">Yuen Chau Kok Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yuen_Long_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yuen Long Public Library (page does not exist)">Yuen Long Public Library</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Small libraries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ap_Lei_Chau_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ap Lei Chau Public Library (page does not exist)">Ap Lei Chau Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Road_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Road Public Library (page does not exist)">Electric Road Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pok_Fu_Lam_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pok Fu Lam Public Library (page does not exist)">Pok Fu Lam Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siu_Sai_Wan_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siu Sai Wan Public Library (page does not exist)">Siu Sai Wan Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smithfield_Public_Library_(Hong_Kong)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Smithfield Public Library (Hong Kong) (page does not exist)">Smithfield Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stanley Public Library (page does not exist)">Stanley Public Library</a></li> <li><a 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class="new" title="Kowloon City Public Library (page does not exist)">Kowloon City Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lei_Yue_Mun_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lei Yue Mun Public Library (page does not exist)">Lei Yue Mun Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lok_Fu_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lok Fu Public Library (page does not exist)">Lok Fu Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lung_Hing_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lung Hing Public Library (page does not exist)">Lung Hing Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sau_Mau_Ping_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sau Mau Ping Public Library (page does not exist)">Sau Mau Ping Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shek_Kip_Mei_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shek Kip Mei Public Library (page does not exist)">Shek Kip Mei Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shun_Lee_Estate_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shun Lee Estate Public Library (page does not exist)">Shun Lee Estate Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tai_Kok_Tsui_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tai Kok Tsui Public Library (page does not exist)">Tai Kok Tsui Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tsim Sha Tsui Public Library (page does not exist)">Tsim Sha Tsui Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tsz_Wan_Shan_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tsz Wan Shan Public Library (page does not exist)">Tsz Wan Shan Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Un_Chau_Street_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Un Chau Street Public Library (page does not exist)">Un Chau Street Public Library</a></li></ul> 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